HS5304 - Medieval Europe: Encyclopedias

Research sources for HS5304 Medieval Europe with a focus on secondary and primary sources. Includes links to article database, encyclopedia, online primary sources, and tips for finding reprinted primary sources in books.

Learning the background information on your topic

The encyclopedias listed below, and the encyclopedia databases linked here, are good places to learn about a new subject quickly. Encyclopedia offer you at tool to become familiar with the time, location, and people that were involved in a historical event. They also often list the most important articles and books written by scholars who are experts on a particular topic or person.

Online encyclopedias for Medieval Europe topics

This box lists some online encyclopedias on topics covered in HS5304.

Click on the title to search to read entries from the encyclopedia. Or, search for your topic in one of the encyclopedia databases listed to the right.

"This volume focuses on the highly contagious disease called bubonic plague, also referred to as "the black death", from the past to the present, and features quotations from sources such as diaries, public records, and contemporary chronicles."

18,015 pages. 22 volumes. Provides an exhaustive and organized overview of Jewish life and knowledge from the Second Temple period to the contemporary State of Israel, from Rabbinic to modern Yiddish literature, from Kabbalah to "Americana" and from Zionism to the contribution of Jews to world cultures. This publication is important to scholars, general readers and students.

820 pages. 2 volumes. Looks at Islam's role in the modern world, doing so in the context of the religion's history and development over the last 13 centuries. Contains thematic articles, biographies of key figures, definitions, illustrations, maps and more.

"Covers the different civilizations and peoples of Medieval times; includes biographical essays on significant individuals of the era; and presents a collection of excerpts from relevant letters, journal entries, poems and more from the era."